Chapter 18: S.H.I.E.L.D
"Unknown object found!"
"Brush!" More than a dozen individual anti-tank weapons were aimed at Tony.
In the glow of several searchlights, a bright red armored man fell to the ground.
"Tony!" Pepper Potts hurriedly rushed up.
"Lay down your arms!" Roddy hurriedly ordered, and he stepped forward to help Tony up.
"Hey! Potts, Roddy, I'm fine! Tony looked sad.
Ahhh Edward, you slut!
"Really?" Potts asked worriedly.
"Of course." Tony cupped Potts' little face with both hands and said affectionately.
As they watched Potts and Tony's faces get closer and closer, a dry cough interrupted them.
"I say, now is not the time to show affection!" Roddy looked innocent, "Mr. Tony, I think we should discuss it now, how did your company's underground become a battlefield?" Right? ”
In the basement, bullet marks, shell casings, craters, flickering instruments, broken walls, and several large openings in the ceiling.
"It looks like two special operations teams are fighting here, Tony, what do you have to tell me?"
Roddy asked, looking around, in a cold sweat.
"Uhh I thought, how about I go back and explain it to you? Tony looked embarrassed.
Just then, an unfamiliar voice came.
"No, Mr. Stark, I guess we'll explain this to you!"
A pair of men in black appear at the entrance to the basement.
The leader is none other than Coulson, the agent who had blocked the Iron Overlord before.
"Colonel Roddy, this place has been taken over by our S.H.I.E.L.D.!" He strode up to Roddy and pulled out his papers.
Roddy took a closer look at the papers, turned around, and shrugged at Tony.
"Well, Tony, good luck."
"Boys, wrap up!"
Watch as the members of the special forces walk out of the basement in a neat manner.
Coulson turned his head.
"Mr. Stark, we know how this scene came about."
He leaned closer, almost in front of Tony's ear.
"But what we want to know more is how the brown giant who fought against Obadi's Iron Overlord ended up here?"
"Our director will talk to you personally, and I think you will be happy to answer his questions."
Coulson leaned over and nodded to Pepper Potts, pulling out a press release and handing it to Potts.
"This is the press release we have prepared for Mr. Stark."
Without procrastinating, he turned around and greeted Tony, striding out of the dilapidated basement.
"Okay." Tony smiled wryly and said to Potts, "I think I'm in big trouble this time!" He was struggling to figure out how to explain it to Edward.
Potts went up and hugged Tony and said softly, "I think what we need most now is to go home." ”
Tony's Ocean View Villa in Malibu, California.
Sure enough, when Tony and Potts walked through the house, Edward and Bronsky were already in the hall, drinking Coke and playing against Dota on two computers.
Tony, who had previously granted access to Edward's villa, was not surprised by Edward's appearance.
"I think there's something I'll discuss with you." Tony was a little shy, didn't know how to tell Edward, and hated being discovered.
"Oh, what's the matter?" Edward stood up, walked up to Tony, and asked suspiciously, "Is there something wrong with your aftermath?" ”
Potts brought two cups of coffee and placed them next to Edward and Tony.
"Uh, yes, it looks like the abomination was discovered by the S.H.I.E.L.D. people!" Tony replied.
"S.H.I.E.L.D.?" Edward's expression became solemn.
"Yes, it was the agent Potts brought to raid Area 16 who discovered the abomination that later wrestled with Obadi." Tony said.
Speaking of the agent, Edward really had some impressions in his mind.
Isn't it that Captain America fan, Coulson, who later died in the Avengers plot?
"Don't worry!" Edward picked up the coffee next to him, took a sip, thanked Potts, and continued.
"S.H.I.E.L.D., I know this organization, and speaking of which, this organization has a deep relationship with you!"
"Oh? What relationship? "Today, the people of S.H.I.E.L.D. were able to speak to Roddy, the Air Force Colonel, in a commanding tone, which surprised Tony.
"S.H.I.E.L.D., its full name is the Territorial Strategic Defense Attack and Logistics Support Bureau. It was a high-end secret service organization established in World War II to defeat fascism. Edward paused.
"Your father, Mr. Howard Stark, is one of the founders of S.H.I.E.L.D.!"
"What? My father, the founder of S.H.I.E.L.D.?! This terrifying news calmed Tony, he never expected that this seemingly awesome organization had such a deep relationship with him.
A surprised Tony then asked, "How do you know?" Edward. ”
"Click!" The doors of the hall open automatically.
"That's a question I really want to know." A serious voice came. A black man with an eyepatch walked in, followed by Phil Coulson with a black briefcase.
"Hello, Mr. Tony Stark. I'm Nick Ferry, the current director of S.H.I.E.L.D. ”
"And, of course, dear Mr. Edward Hufflepuff."
"Okay." Tony said helplessly, "I didn't expect you to be so fast, dear Mr. Director. ”
Seeing a stranger appear, Bronsky quickly stood behind Edward, with his arms behind his back, straddling and standing, ready to wait for his boss Edward's instructions.
Edward, however, was not at all nervous, and Nick Ferry was not necessarily an enemy, and he continued, "I know so much more than that. For example, S.H.I.E.L.D. is not an organization directly affiliated with the United States, but a major power in the world that unites and cooperates to build support. Edward paused, looking into Ferry's eyes, "S.H.I.E.L.D.'s job is to clean up some of the out-of-control mutant superhumans and deal with the dangerous remnants of that Nazi era, Hydra. Right? Mr. Director. With that, Edward raised an eyebrow at Ferry proudly.
Syllable! Syllable! Syllable!
Ferrie applauded and smiled, but his heart was even more puzzled, and he asked calmly, "I really didn't expect that we thought that we were just an ordinary tourist lost in the desert would know so much about it." ”
"I suppose you'd be happy to tell me, who the hell are you?"
He knew that since Edward had chosen to say this without scruples in front of him, he was certainly not an enemy. Because before entering the door, Coulson told him that standing behind Edward at the moment was the brown and yellow giant in Harlem, New York, who was fighting against the big green man. If there is really malice, even if you call all the agents outside the door together, you can't withstand a slap of disgust.
Of course, more importantly, Ferry knows and trusts Tony Stark very well, and will not trust the Sydney Association to become friends with terrorists who endanger the country.
Hearing Ferry's question, Edward said unhurriedly, "You should have investigated my information before, right?" ”
"That's right, although you appeared in the desert and there is no entry record from Afghanistan, but we found out that Pakistan has your entry and exit records, although it is more abrupt, but in the vast desert, the border without garrisons is a joke for a day. Also, our people went to Wales and found nothing strange about your local information other than that you like to travel. Ferry replied.
"Really?" Ferrie was even more confused.
I really haven't found it? It seems that the identity I created this time is not bad, and it is not in vain that I have read so many online novels in the Great Celestial Empire.
At this point, out of the corner of his eye, he saw Tony stealthily raising an eyebrow at him.
Well, promise a favor! Edward gave Tony a look.
"Haha!" Edward smiled sincerely, "It seems that you haven't checked carefully. ”
"The surname Hufflepuff, if you look more closely, you will know that during World War II, my grandfather was a member of the British House of Lords."
Ferrie turned his head and gestured to Coulson.
Coulson pulled out a tablet from his briefcase and entered the S.H.I.E.L.D. historical database. Then, a relieved expression was revealed.
He glanced at Edward and whispered to Ferry, "Sir, Edward's grandfather, His Excellency Baron Filton once voted in favor of the bill in the British House of Lords on the establishment of S.H.I.E.L.D. ”
"We didn't investigate that deeply. I found out at the Welsh Tourist Board that Mr. Edward was a frequent tourist with them, and that he had not been to Pakistan and Afghanistan once or twice, and that the last time was no different from the past, so our people gave up. ”
Ferrie nodded in understanding.
He didn't expect that Edward, who originally thought that he was just from an ordinary upper-class family in Britain, still had such a relationship with S.H.I.E.L.D.